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The Protector Ethic A few months ago I was approached by a friend and colleague of mine, James Morganelli to read the new book he just got a publishing deal on and to write a review of it. AWESOME I thought! Not only do I get to help a Buyu of mine (martial friend). I finally get published, if only for a paragraph! Being my book, after been edited and critiqued, needs a massive overhaul... (just got pushed on the 'to-do' list for 2019)! =) Anyway, back to Jim's book... James is a good writer, who has been published in numerous magazines and periodicals such as Black Belt Magazine and The Federalist and now YMAA book publishing just published his new book called: "The Protector Ethic" Rather than reinventing the wheel... or in this case thinking of something more to say about Jim's book here's what I am quoted as saying... [Re]Calibrate Your Protector Identity So, if you want a quick read (weighin...

Tuesday Grant, my trusty creative director of media =) [how's that for a title Grant!?!] and I began our video shooting schedule! It started a little rocky... First, on my way to our first shoot location (an old shut down school on the West side of GR) I get a text from Grant saying that there are about a dozen police cars there?!? My guess is that they are doing active shooting drills in the abandoned school. The irony isn't lost on me... however, we need a new place to shoot... We drive around a little bit and I spy a place right down the road that would work. It's a cool old brick building that used to be a mortuary (ohhh... creepy!). Now it looks like it was bought by some non-profit. Rather than just setting up our equipment and starting to record, I figured it would be the professional thing to actually ask... I knock on the back door... no dice, so I walk around the front to see if I can get anyone's attention. An older man comes to ...

Structure, Freedom & Security... Conflict Resolution expert Dr. Robert Humphrey once said that we should have all of the Freedom Possible with all the Security Necessary within the context of respecting the Universal Life Value. Now this is a great philosophy, but it needs to be clearly understood and applied. Having freedom doesn't include being free to do things that disrespect, hurt or kill other people. And... Obtaining security doesn't mean becoming paranoid or oppressing and bending others to one's will unnecessarily or in benefit of only you or your group (unequally) over others.   And herein lies the problem... Why!? Because these ideas have a lot of breadth and depth and can be interpreted in many ways... Should Guns Be Banned? There are different ways to interpreting and finding a solution to a problem.   Take the current problem of the rise of 'Active Shooters' (or Assailants) incidents in our sc...

Lately, I have been putting A LOT of time and effort into a membership site coaching program called Tribe.   . WHY!? . Because YOU deserve the Best from ME, so I continue to learn how to make things better for you, because I not only want to share this incredible PeaceWalker Path with the world, I want to make the entire experience as best as I can for you!   So, I keep training, learning and growing to be able to do that! I've been pushing hard to learn what my coach Stu Mclearn and Ryan Lee have been teaching me and then IT HAPPENED!! Yesterday I had a HUGE Aha Moment!!! All that time and effort (and I mean years of it!) finally makes sense! It is something that has been right in front of my face the whole time. I've seen it over and over, but I didn't really SEE it... and then... IT CLICKED! I mean really CLICK!! NOW It All Makes Sense!   It is soooo simple, but I just wasn't getting it! I had it kinda, but I didn't HAVE IT! ...

I was recently asked to be a panelist on a community meeting regarding Gun Violence in Schools. I somewhat reluctantly accepted... Why?! Because some of these meetings are healthy and beneficial. Others are just a circus of minefields, agendas, fear, anger and soapboxes. None of which I have any interest in. I will know tomorrow night at the event whether or not I made a wise decision regarding being a part of this event. DIY v. It Takes a Village It seems that there are two main ways many people are coming at this "gun violence in schools" issue. 1) This group believes that we need to restrict or ban guns so that dangerous people can't have access to them. I call these people the "It Takes a Village". The "It Takes a Village" perspective believes that we as a society shouldn't have the need for the citizens to have access to weapons personally, because "the Tribe" (Society: a.k.a. police and/or militar...

Ok, Spoiler Alert!!!! That title is a bit of a stretch... A bit of an exaggeration even... However, it is something that I did that was avoidable even with all of my "Conflict Management" experience... Do you remember that old adage, “Praise in public. Criticize in private.” Well... the EPIC FAILURE I am referring to is regarding that saying... Here I am a conflict management 'expert' and I didn't abide by this very old and simple rule... Why?! Because I'm some jerk?! NO... I wasn't really trying to be, I just didn't think the situation was that big of a deal. However, I didn't consider what the other person had into it!   The result was hurt feelings, that could probably have avoided had I been thinking more about how the other person would feel about it. A part of me knew that it might end up being a sensitive issue, yet it didn't register enough for me to act on it... I underestimat...

No, that bald guy isn't me... However there is a 'striking' resemblance! Is Krav Maga Enough!? You may think this headline is surprising coming from someone (me) who teaches Krav Maga... Let me explain... In today's day and age being able to physically defend yourself is a good start, but it isn't enough!! You have to have more social skills! I know that may be difficult to believe in an age where we don't seem to interact face to face very well at all! However, believe it or not, the way we socially interact has become much more complicated.   Just look at how kids interact with their parents now-a-days... When I was a kid, if I dared to talk back, show the attitude or disobey my parents, it wasn't a long drawn out sparring match of deescalating, negotiating and rationalizing... Nope, it was a much shorter matter altogether... It was a simple 3 step process: (1) Ask (2) Tell (3) Feel the consequenc...